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Roswell Hatch

Male Abt 1784 - 1858  (74 years)

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  • Name Roswell Hatch  [1]
    Birth Abt 1784  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Religion Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    founder of the M.E. Church 
    Military Service War of 1812 
    Census 2 Aug 1790  Fonda, Montgomery, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 6 Aug 1810  Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1 Jun 1820  Amherst Town, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1 Aug 1850  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 5 Sep 1858  Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I2312  Bisbee
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2009

    Family 1 Ashua Crippen   d. Yes, date unknown
    Children 
    +1. William Hatch,   b. Abt 1805, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Silas Hatch,   b. Abt 1806, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Jason Crippen Hatch,   b. 23 Oct 1808, , Herkimer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1864, Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +4. Horace Hatch,   b. 1819, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1891, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     5. Lovina Hatch   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Dolly Hatch   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

    Family 2 Mrs. Ruhama Fox,   b. Abt 1787, , , Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1784 - , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - founder of the M.E. Church - - Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Aug 1790 - Fonda, Montgomery, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Aug 1810 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1820 - Amherst Town, Erie, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1830 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Aug 1850 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Sep 1858 - Hatch Hollow Cemetery, Hatch Hollow, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Combing through the 1820 census in New York, we find a Roswell Hatch living in Amherst, Niagara County, who has the same family profile as our Roswell Hatch, that is, his children are of the same sex and birth-range as those enumerated in the 1830 census. Remarkably, a few doors away in Amherst is Jason Hatch whose family profile also matches that of Jason Hatch found a decade later in Amity Township. Neither Roswell nor Jason Hatch are found in the 1830 census of Amherst (because they are in Amity Township in Pennsylvania.)

      An interesting history of Cheektowaga, New York, tells us the Town was formed from Amherst, March 22, 1839. It goes on to say, "Among the early settlers were Sam'l Lasure, Roswell Judson, Abraham Hatch, and Maj. Noble. The first birth was that of a child of Roswell Hatch, in 1810; and the first death, that of Franklin Hitchcock, in 1818. The first mill was built by Sam'l Lasure, in 1810; and the first inn was kept by Jesse Munson, in 1815." --J.H. French, Gazetteer of the State of New York (Syracuse, New York: R. Pearsall Smith, 1860), p. 288.

      Elsewhere we discover, "Settlement was commenced in Cheektowaga in February, 1808, by Apollos Hitchcock, who came from Schenectady, N. Y., and located on lot 72. In 1829 he purchased fifty-nine acres at Cheektowaga Station, including a saw mill on Cayuga Creek; he built a woolen factory and in 1844 both establishments were burned. The saw mill was rebuilt and now remains partly dismantled. Among other settlers prior to the war of 1812 were Alexander Hitchcock, Eliphalet Densmore, Jason and Roswell Hatch, Samuel Le Suer, and Major Noble. The first birth of a white child was that of a child of Roswell Hatch in 1810." -- History of Cheektowaga, New York. From "Our County and Its People," a Descriptive Work on Erie County New York, edited by Truman C. White. The Boston History Company, publishers, 1898.

      Roswell had three daughters. One of them may have been the child born in Cheektowaga, New York, in 1810. [4, 5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 23.

    2. [S769] Hatch, William: 1790 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2000): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M637, roll 6, page 11, line 19; image accessed 1/1/2009.), 1790.NY.Montgomery.Caughnawaga.3.

    3. [S555] Hatch, Roswell (I2312): 1810 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M252, roll 29, page 117, line 16; image accessed 1/1/2009.), 1810.NY.Niagara.Buffalo.2.

    4. [S556] Hatch, Roswell (I2312): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 69, page 158A, line 36; image accessed 1/1/2009.), 1820.NY.Amhurst.Buffalo (Niagara).10.

    5. [S558] Hatch, Roswell (I2312): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 147, page 293, line 1; image accessed 1/1/2009), 1830.PA.Erie.Amity.3.

    6. [S560] Hatch, Roswell (I2312): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 459, page 16, line 17; image accessed 1/1/209.), 1840.PA.Erie.Amity.1.

    7. [S1071] Hatch, Roswell (I2312): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 777, page 8, line 24, dwelling 111, family 111; image accessed 1/1/2009.), 1850.PA.Erie.Amity.15.

    8. [S2041] Greg Werner's Home Page, (Gregory K. Werner , "werner.ged" GEDCOM database uploaded Feb 10, 1999, , downloaded 8/29/2006.).